The Cereal Seeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 No. 383

SCHEDULE 3 CONDITIONS RELATING TO CROPS FROM WHICH SEED IS TO BE HARVESTED

9.  In the case of maize, the percentage by number of plants which are recognisable as obviously not being true to the variety, the inbred line or the component shall not exceed—

(a) for the production of basic seed—

(i) in the case of an inbred line, 0.1 per cent;

(ii) in the case of each component of a simple hybrid, 0.1 per cent; and

(iii) in the case of an open pollinated variety, 0.5 per cent;

(b) for the production of CS seed—

(i) a component of a hybrid variety—

(aa) in the case of an inbred line, 0.2per cent;

(bb) in the case of a simple hybrid, 0.2 per cent;

(cc) in the case of an open pollinated variety, 1per cent; and

(ii) in the case of an open pollinated variety, 1per cent.